Implementing The Rock Challenge: teacher perspectives on a performing arts programme

MathewJones1, SimonMurphy2, DebraSalmon3, RichardKimberlee4, JudyOrme5
1Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Policy, Faculty of Health and Social Care, UWE Bristol, UK. E‐mail: [email protected]
2Principal Lecturer in Health Psychology, School of Health Psychology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, UWE, Bristol, UK
3Principal Lecturer in Child Health, Faculty of Health and Social Care, UWE, Bristol, UK
4Senior Research Fellow in Health, Community and Policy Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Care, UWE, Bristol, UK
5Principal Lecturer in Public Health, Faculty of Health and Social Care, UWE, Bristol, UK

Tóm tắt

The Rock Challenge is a school‐based performing arts programme that that aims to promote healthy lifestyles amongst secondary school students. This paper reports on teacher perspectives on the implementation of The Rock Challenge in nine English schools. This study highlights how performing arts programmes, such as The Rock Challenge, are unlikely to have a simple relationship between guidance and practice in spite of their being popular and sustainable.

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